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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • @gawab.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Alex Daniel" <alexzn@gawab.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:45:47 GMT
Subject: Urgent Attention

Date: June 17, 2006

 

Attn: Mr. VICTIMNAME,

 

This is confirming received of your email and if this transaction is not legitimate I will not involve myself because of my present position in the bank.

 

What is required of you is your honest cooperation as my position in the bank will guarantee the successful transfer of this over-standing amount of US$ 7 Million to your Account or any Account in the world you will nominate.

 

Thus, you have to provide your contact information and the Account details to enable include your details to the information of Mr. Andreas Schranner as the next of kin in the bank.

 

This will enable the processing of the documents by the bank and transfer of this fund to your Account as the next of kin.

 

Endeavor to call me on receipt of this message.

 

Regards,

  

Mr. Alex Daniel.

Tel: 27-83-9680894

 

 

 

 

 

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